Braille Sense Polaris

Description

What Is Braille Sense Polaris?

The easiest, most powerful and most feature-packed notetaker available!

ANDROID APPLICATIONS

Polaris is an innovative collaboration of Braille and mainstream technology, offering the blind and visually impaired unprecedented accessible and intuitive
productivity in today’s tablet-based world.

32-CELL BRAILLE DISPLAY

Polaris is an innovative collaboration of Braille and mainstream technology, offering the blind and visually impaired unprecedented accessible and intuitive
productivity in today’s tablet-based world.

11-KEY PERKINS-STYLE KEYBOARD

With a 32-cell Braille display and a 11-key Perkins-style keyboard with Ctrl and Alt Keys, Polaris looks and feels like a traditional notetaker. However,
its competitive modern hardware and connectivity, along with direct access to Android applications, ensure it stacks up solidly against modern off-the-shelf
phones and tablets.

ANDROID OS!

Android Lollipop, openness and autonomy. An intuitive platform for everyone, regardless of whether you have a visual impairment!

• Improved performance with a more open operating environment.
• Customized for the blind, and compatible with the mainstream, Polaris seamlessly combines accessibility and autonomy.
• Connect and communicate with your world, wherever you are, wherever you go.
• Customize your Polaris with the apps that fit your lifestyle, and ensure connectivity with colleagues, friends and family using the same apps.
• The possibilities are endless, make it yours! With thousands of accessible apps to choose from, Polaris can be what you need it to be.
• As Android continues to grow, Polaris will grow with it, ensuring you will always stay contemporary.

POWER-PACKED FOR THE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT

• Use the Word Processor to create and print Braille and text documents
• Open and read text, RTF, DOC and DOCX, PPT and PPTX, PDF, and Epub files in contracted Braille
• Send email using POP or IMAP
• Keep track of contacts and appointments and sync them with your Google account.

MOBILE CONNECTIVITY & COMMUNICATION

• Search for and download accessible applications in the Google Play store.
• Use accessible Android apps for social networking, game play, Google services and more?
• Browse the web with our accessible Web browser based on Google Chrome

ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUTAINMENT

• Play and navigate DAISY and NIMAS compatible digital talking books
• Listen to and record FM radio
• Search for and play videos on YouTube, or stream audio content
• Certified to use all Google services, including the play store. Thus, users can choose from among the thousands of accessible Android apps and access
them via Polaris’s intuitive screen reader.

BRAILLE TERMINAL AND VISUAL OUTPUT

• Polaris offers a unique multi-touch 32 cell Braille display that lets you navigate and control Braille Sense with touch gestures as you read its output
in Braille.
• Use Polaris as a Braille display for PC, Mac, Smart phones and tablets
• Polaris provides visual output via the built-in LCD, HDMI display, or via Miracast

CREATED WITH THE DEAF-BLIND IN MIND

• Unique flippable LCD display and a connected USB keyboard facilitate simple and instant communication with deaf-blind
• Built-in vibration motor can be used to receive alerts and messages

Organise Your World

• Create a schedule with the Schedule Manager and set audible or vibrating alarms
• Keep track of contact information for colleagues, friends, and family with the Address Manager
• Synchronize contacts and appointments with your Google account
• Send email messages using POP or IMAP accounts to sighted colleagues while reading incoming email messages

MOBILE CONNECTIVITY & COMMUNICATION

Information and communication in the office, at home, or on-the-go

• Surf the Internet with the BrailleSense Polaris’s Web Browser, based on the popular Chrome browser, with contracted Braille access
• Take advantage of our mobile connectivity and your favorite Android apps for social networking, news and file sharing, to get whatever you need wherever
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ENTERTAINMENT & EDUTAINMENT
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Information and communication in the office, at home, or on-the-go

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• Books, music, videos and more for your education and entertainment
• Outstanding media
• Videos and Streaming
• Enjoy a clear and powerful stereo audio listening experience with easily accessible audio buttons
• Easily and instantly control FM Radio, DAISY Player and Media Player with designated media buttons located on the front of the unit
• Play and navigate DAISY and NIMAS compatible digital talking books with text, audio, or both
• Enjoy reading a variety of DAISY books: NIMAS1.1, XML DAISY, Daisy2.0, 2.02, 3.0, ANSI/NISO, Z39.86, DAISY3.0(Bookshare.org)
• Search for and play videos on YouTube, or stream media content from the Internet
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CREATED WITH THE DEAF-BLIND IN MIND
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• Accessible alerts and communication options for those who cannot see or hear
• Built-in Vibration Motor: The Deaf-Blind user is alerted to messages, prompts, alarms and incoming chats in a manner accessible without hearing or sight

• Unique flippable LCD: The built-in LCD allows a sighted person to view the content of menus or text in documents for face-to-face communication
• Bring Braille access to your computer, phone or tablet
• Braille access for main stream devices
• Terminal for Screen Reader
• Compatibility with major screen readers across multiple platforms
• Use the Braille Sense Polaris as a Braille display with your PC, Mac, Smart phone, or tablet
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* JAWS, Window-Eyes, System Access, NVDA, SuperNova, VoiceOver for Mac and iOS, and BrailleBack for Android

* Wirelessly connect to your phone via Bluetooth, or control your computer remotely from the comfort of your sofa

GPS SENSOR & ELECTRONIC COMPASS
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Information and communication in the office, at home, or on-the-go

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• Enjoy your independence with accessible navigation, GPS sensor and electronic compass
• The GPS sensor and electronic compass, along with navigation software, allow you to explore your surroundings and provide instant, accurate directions
or real-time, turn-by-turn navigation to your destination
• GPS apps can be downloaded from the Google Play Store